What's New in Oracle COM Automation Feature?

Beta Draft

The following sections describe the new features in Oracle Oracle COM Automation Feature:

Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2) New Features in Oracle COM Automation Feature

There are no new features for this release.

There are no new features for this release.

This section contains these topics:

Granting Privileges for Java

A new SQL script, grant.sql, must be run for each user of Oracle COM Automation for Java. The script grants the necessary privileges. For more information, refer to "Configuring Oracle COM Automation Feature for Java".
Other Features

Many new features were added for Oracle9i release 1 (9.0.1). If you are upgrading from a pre-9.0.1 release, refer to "Oracle9i New Features in Oracle COM Automation Feature" for more information about the new features.

This section contains these topics:

Using Oracle9i on Windows 2000

There are some differences between using Oracle9i on Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0.

See Also:
Oracle Database Platform Guide for Windows
Sample Schema

Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.
New Functionality to Support Java Stored Procedures

Oracle COM Automation Feature is now available for Java as well as PL/SQL. While the general functionality is parallel, this document indicates those areas where functionality, setup, and architecture differ.
orawpcom.dll Replaces com81.dll

For this release, Oracle has renamed the com81.dll to orawpcom.dll. If you are migrating from Oracle8i, you must rerun comwrap.sql to continue using Oracle COM Automation Feature for PL/SQL.

See Also:
Migration from Oracle8i to Oracle Database 10g
Microsoft Word Java Demo

For Oracle COM Automation Feature for Java, a demo is available that shows how to load and run a Microsoft Word code sample.
Oracle COM Automation Feature for PL/SQL

Additional instructions have been presented to aid in the use of the MAPI demo.

See Also:
"Setting Up the Environment to Use the MAPI Demo" and "Preparing to Install MAPI Demo".

Support Provided for PL/SQL OUT Parameters

SetPtrArg is being replaced with an implementation that provides the same functionality with IN and OUT parameters. This implementation consists of a modification of the SetArg functionality and SetArg data type strings and the introduction of InitOutArg and GetArg.

To use OUT parameters, see SetArg datatype strings in the section on "SetArg".

Oracle8i release 8.1.6 included the following: